This short video, created by Krista Donaldson and TED Talks, gives the reason to why D-Rev inventions have changed the world amputees live in. (© TEDWomen 2013)
The life of forty two year old Krista Donaldson began in The Canadian Province of Nova Scotia where she left to come to America for her higher education. She is known for her selfless and highly motivated lifestyle. Krista Donaldson is a social good engineer who invented ReMotion, the newest generation of prosthetic limbs along with funding four other health beneficial projects across the world (Bizjournals 2011). These projects include malaria treatment in third world countries, assisted farming education in poor rural communities, cheaper and reusable energy for those people with none, and fresh dairy products for families in need (D-Rev 2012). Before Donaldson created these successful non-profit projects, she attended Stanford where she earned her Ph.D. in medical engineering design and Vanderbilt University where she received her degree in mechanical engineering. She is currently the CEO of D-Rev, a non-profit product development organization designed to improve the health and foster the lives of amputees living on less than $4 a day. D-Rev strives for affordability, safety, and convenience (Bizjournals 2011).
Donaldson has many other accomplishments. She guided the reconstruction of Iraq’s electricity sector through The United States American Association for the Advancement of Science. This earned Donaldson an engineering position with the company Kick Start, in Kenya, for the following four years (Bizjournals 2011). Donaldson grew up with an entrepreneurial state of mind. Her success stems from her parents teaching her to live a selfless life. With the Canadian sense of giving back, she devoted herself to those in need around the world. She taught at Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya and South Africa’s University of Cape Town where she shared her focus on engineering a better and healthier world (Bizjournals 2011). Today, Donaldson shares her experiences through Ted Talks to inform people of her $80 creation that changed the world for amputees everywhere.
